Wait a moment… Old Sun actually believed me?

This was the first time I told a member of “Extreme Path” that they would have a connection with Baiyang in the future. So it wasn’t just me… Baiyang would actually speak a few words with them?

But I quickly understood. Baiyang was already a “Zodiac,” and in the future might even become a District-level “Zodiac.” Perhaps at some point in the future, they would all deal with Baiyang in the games. This wasn’t hard to comprehend at all.

“But you said I’m just an ordinary person…” Old Sun asked at this moment, “How could I possibly have connections with such a powerful figure?”

Hearing this question, I fell into a dilemma.

It was like participating in a prize quiz show.

If I walked away with the prize now, Old Sun would become a member of “Extreme Path.” But if I continued chatting with him, at some point he might think everything I said was lies.

In that case, should I continue gambling?

“Old Sun… what’s your ‘Echo’?” I asked.

Next, I would decide whether to wager with “Karma” based on his value.

“Girl, what’s gotten into you?” Old Sun looked at me, puzzled. “Just now I thought you were pretty clever… but now you’re all over the place. It’s ‘Original Object.’ Didn’t I show it to you in that Earth-Pig game just now?”

After speaking, he reached out and grabbed at the air in front of me, but his hand was completely empty.

He seemed a bit embarrassed. He steadied himself and reached out to grab again.

His hand was still empty.

“Oh no… why isn’t it working…” Old Sun scratched his head, then looked up at me with a bewildered expression. “Where’s my thing?”

His tone made it sound like I had taken whatever was in his hand.

“What the heck… can’t even grab it anymore… Ah! Anyway, it’s ‘Original Object.'” He raised his head, looking at me with an unconcerned expression, which made me feel somewhat embarrassed instead.

I helplessly brushed my hair back, truly not knowing what this “disappearing Original Object” was… Unfortunately, my memories hadn’t all returned, and I didn’t know how powerful this person’s “Echo” actually was.

“Try again,” I said.

Old Sun nodded after hearing this and tried several more times in front of me. He reached out and grabbed at the air, his movements a bit awkward. He seemed to want to grasp something, but his hands remained empty throughout.

“Oh dear, why can’t I find that feeling from before?” Old Sun was getting anxious. “Why can’t I grab anything?”

I knew that in this state, he basically couldn’t activate his “Echo” anymore. He had begun to doubt himself.

Since he was such a weak “Echo” wielder, I might as well gamble once more.

From now on, I would wager with “Karma.”

“Old Sun, let’s stop trying for now. What were you asking me just now?” I said.

“Just now…?” Old Sun thought for a moment, withdrew his hand that had been randomly grabbing at the air, then said, “I… asked you how I could have connections with such a powerful person?”

“Right.” I said. “Need me to guess for you? Guess how you’ll meet this person in the future.”

“Sure.” Old Sun nodded. “You’re a bit sharper than me. Tell me, how would I encounter him?”

“Maybe you’ll have some connection in the games.”

I placed my bet.

“Oh, I see, that makes sense.” Old Sun nodded. “Besides that, there’s no other way anyway.”

He believed it.

First round narrowly won. I began to raise the stakes with “Karma.”

“To meet such a powerful figure, it must be a very difficult game, right?” Old Sun asked again.

I thought about this question for a moment, knowing that if it was a game designed by Baiyang, it naturally couldn’t be easy to pass.

“It should be quite difficult.” I raised the stakes.

“That’s what I thought.” Old Sun said. “Do you know that person?”

“Of course.” I continued raising the stakes.

“No wonder…” Old Sun smiled bitterly. “Is he also one of us ‘Participants’?”

“No, he’s a ‘Zodiac.'” I said subconsciously.

“What the hell?!” Old Sun stood up with a “whoosh.” “What did you just say?!”

My eyes slowly widened. I sensed something was wrong, but the words had already been spoken. Where did the problem lie?

Every “wager” that required guessing had been correct… but a single truth had created a flaw?

“He’s a ‘Zodiac’? Little girl, aren’t you just bullshitting me?”

“What…?” I was slightly stunned.

“How could I have connections with a ‘Zodiac’ in the games? Those things want our lives!” Old Sun looked somewhat angry, as if he’d been played. “Can you be friends with something that wants you dead?! If I’d known you were spouting nonsense, I should have left long ago. Ugh! Chattering at me for so long, isn’t this just wasting time?”

I suddenly couldn’t quite figure it out…

Wait a moment… Old Sun believed there would be someone here who could change this place, believed he would have some connection with him in the future, and he also believed the other party’s game wouldn’t be too simple.

But he didn’t believe the other party was a “Zodiac”?

Doesn’t that mean the other party isn’t a “Zodiac”?

The other party isn’t a “Zodiac”… then what is the other party?

I suddenly felt my mind become chaotic, as if something had been mistaken.

The person who would change this place—wasn’t it Brother Yang?

“Wait… wait, Old Sun…” I stood up with a confused expression. “Don’t leave yet… I still have something I want to tell you…”

“Stop it!” Old Sun waved his hand. “I thought it was sketchy from the start, and the more I listen, the more off it sounds. Thinking about it carefully, isn’t this just like a cult? Stop your nonsense with me.”

With that, he waved his hand and stormed out angrily.

This time had failed again, but I had no mood to chase after Old Sun… because I was truly too puzzled.

Brother Yang in the future… isn’t a “Zodiac”?

But where else could the path of “Zodiac” lead?

At this moment, I felt both excited and fearful… Could Brother Yang really, as he said, through self-suggestion… have become something other than human?

A monster…?

But thinking this way wasn’t right either. If he was a monster, how could he have had a few words of connection with Old Sun?

Just as my brain was operating at high speed, I heard rustling sounds from outside the door. It seemed like a voice I hadn’t heard in a long time was speaking outside the door.

She was talking with Old Sun about something.

Not long after, Old Sun returned and came back through the door, saying to me with a face full of smiles: “Hey! Sister, why didn’t you tell me about the ‘logical relationship’ in all this earlier? If you’d said it sooner, wouldn’t I have figured it out earlier?”

I was slightly stunned. Before I could open my mouth to speak, I saw Jiang Ruoxue, whom I hadn’t seen in five years, flash out from behind Old Sun with a mischievous smile, then reach out and wave at me:

“Hi!”